I’m not a big fan of Jazz. I don’t find it annoying, like say Country music (although there is not-bad country music – hi Taylor Swift), but I don’t seek out to listen to it on a regular basis. The only two Jazz artists that I have in my iTunes is Norah Jones and Sophie Milman.

I first discovered Sophie Milman by downloading her song Back Home To Me for free on iTunes. She’s a, let me make sure I get this right, Russian-born, grew-up-in-Israel jazz singer who went to U of T (she’s 26 so around so our age). I picked up her debut CD used for $7 because of that iTunes single. It wasn’t that memorable except for two amazing tracks.

Recently, she came out with a new album, Take Love Easy so I downloaded that and her last album that I missed (Make Someone Happy). Her music has evolved in a good way, and I enjoy both albums. It is Jazz that I can enjoy and listen to on a regular basis!

The knock I have against her is that (I think) all her songs are remakes or covers, and not necessarily of Jazz artists. She has a cover of The Boss on her latest. She’s taking existing, catchy music, and singing an arranged Jazz version.

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